A Mobile Application for Post-op Analgesic Consumption
| Status: | Not yet recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Post-Surgical Pain |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 40 |
| Updated: | 3/21/2019 |
| Start Date: | May 2019 |
| End Date: | June 2020 |
| Contact: | Radhika Chigurupati, DMD, MS |
| Email: | rchiguru@bu.edu |
| Phone: | 617-638-4386 |
A Mobile Application to Monitor Patient's Analgesic Consumption After Minor Oral Surgery.
Surgical extraction of third molars is one of the most common outpatient procedures performed
by oral surgeons. The prescription of postoperative narcotic and NSAID analgesics is the
standard of care practice to relieve symptoms of pain, swelling, and trismus after these
procedures. The majority of these patients do not return for follow up unless they experience
a problem. There is limited data on whether the patients use the narcotics as directed and
what is their practice of disposal of the remaining medications that were not consumed.
In this research the effectiveness of postop analgesic consumption, analgesic disposal
practice, pain control, and patient satisfaction will be compared between patients who are
randomized to the intervention group who will use a developed mobile application and a
control group who will not use the mobile app.
by oral surgeons. The prescription of postoperative narcotic and NSAID analgesics is the
standard of care practice to relieve symptoms of pain, swelling, and trismus after these
procedures. The majority of these patients do not return for follow up unless they experience
a problem. There is limited data on whether the patients use the narcotics as directed and
what is their practice of disposal of the remaining medications that were not consumed.
In this research the effectiveness of postop analgesic consumption, analgesic disposal
practice, pain control, and patient satisfaction will be compared between patients who are
randomized to the intervention group who will use a developed mobile application and a
control group who will not use the mobile app.
A pilot randomized clinical trial will be conducted to determine if use of a mobile
application improves adherence to narcotic analgesic use and their disposal and patient
satisfaction post-surgical extraction of third molars in an outpatient setting. Eligible
consented subjects will be randomized into either the mobile app group or the control group.
Both groups will receive standard of care which includes prescription of postoperative
narcotic and NSAID analgesics and usual postoperative instructions.For the mobile group, the
Medable Axon Software developed by Stanford University will be used to customize a mobile
application that will be used one week post surgery to monitor postoperative analgesic
consumption and disposal practices, pain control, and patient satisfaction, In the control
group, case report forms will be used to gather data from the electronic medical records and
a telephone survey will be done one week post surgery to obtain data on patient satisfaction.
A total of 20 consecutive eligible patients will be enrolled in this pilot trial..
application improves adherence to narcotic analgesic use and their disposal and patient
satisfaction post-surgical extraction of third molars in an outpatient setting. Eligible
consented subjects will be randomized into either the mobile app group or the control group.
Both groups will receive standard of care which includes prescription of postoperative
narcotic and NSAID analgesics and usual postoperative instructions.For the mobile group, the
Medable Axon Software developed by Stanford University will be used to customize a mobile
application that will be used one week post surgery to monitor postoperative analgesic
consumption and disposal practices, pain control, and patient satisfaction, In the control
group, case report forms will be used to gather data from the electronic medical records and
a telephone survey will be done one week post surgery to obtain data on patient satisfaction.
A total of 20 consecutive eligible patients will be enrolled in this pilot trial..
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients between the age of 18-40 years
- Patients who require two mandibular third molars extracted
- Patients with a smartphone
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients taking any recreational drugs and medications for chronic pain
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